Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 1962 in Athens Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass an American US Army sergeant, and mother Vassiliki Voula Papadimitriou, a contestant on the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest. He has a younger sister Athena, who is also a drummer, When Lee was approximately two years old his father moved the family back to the United States, settling in California. Lee received his first drum sticks when he was four years old, and his first proper drum kit when he was a teenager. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music starting with the LA club band Suite 19, His main drumming influences are John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio. In the late 1970s Lee's band Suite 19, was a regular on the Sunset Strip club circuit in Los Angeles along with other up and coming acts such as Van Halen and Quiet Riot. He became acquainted with bassist Nikki Sixx, whose bands Sister and later London played the same circuit. Sixx was forming a theatrical band that borrowed heavily from Sister's fusion of occult imagery with a theatrical heavy metal performance, and became a fan of Lee's drumming. It was during this time period that Lee dropped his surname and earned the nickname T-bone due to his 6′ 2½ height and his lean physique. When London finally broke up in 1981 Lee and Sixx decided to form a new group together. Shortly afterward guitarist Mick Mars joined the band. Seeking a charismatic frontman, Lee mentioned to the others a singer Vince Neil, whom he had known casually in high school, Neil soon joined the group and Mötley Crüe was formed.
Mötley Crüe.
Mötley Crüe quickly built a strong fanbase and released its debut album Too Fast for Love in 1981 on its own independent label. Elektra Records decided to sign the band shortly thereafter, reissuing the debut in 1982, The band then began a string of hit releases throughout the decade 1983's Shout at the Devil, 1985's Theatre of Pain, 1987's Girls Girls Girls, and 1989's Dr. Feelgood establishing the quartet as one of the biggest hard rock metal bands of the 1980s. Lee used several memorable gimmicks during his drum solos at concerts such as having his entire kit revolving and spinning, or having the entire kit float above the crowd while he continued to play. He was noted for mooning the crowd at nearly every show, The band was known for its decadent behavior both on and offstage, often consuming excessive amounts of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, pills and alcohol. The duo of Lee and Sixx are called the Terror Twins. In 2004 Lee reunited with the original Mötley Crüe line up to release the double disc anthology album entitled Red, White & Crüe which went quadruple platinum and launched a monumental reunion tour to support it, The Red, White & Crüe Tour 2005 Better Live Than Dead, the band's first tour in six years. Mötley Crüe finished the year at 8 on the Top Concert Money Earners list, It played 81 shows and grossed US$33 million according to Billboard Boxscore.
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